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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
ORDINANCE 95-44
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF
THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN CODE TITLED, SUBDIVISIONS, AND
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FOUNTAIN HILLS SUBDIVISION
REGULATIONS, BY CREATING NEW SIDEWALK STANDARDS FOR
SUBDIVISIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article III, Section 312. Sidewalks is added and is to read as follows:
Section 312. Sidewalks
A. Sidewalks shall be required on both sides of all streets located in all multi -family,
commercial and industrial zoning districts.
B. Subdivisions located in residential and open space recreational zoning districts are
required to place sidewalks in accordance with the sidewalk regulations illustrated in this
Section.
C. Sidewalk Standards. Sidewalks, when required, should conform to the following
standards, unless otherwise allowed:
1. The material shall be Class A concrete, per MAG Detail 220, or concrete pavers
that are at least four (4) inches thick. Concrete or decomposed granite sidewalks
may be allowed for long, wide walkways in wash corridors, particularly where
utility vehicle usage is needed.
2. Meandering walkways are preferable to curb -side walkways, where consistent with
topography, rights -of -way, and existing development. Meanders should maintain
1 foot minimum from the property line, and should be curbside at all intersections
and at all industrial, commercial and multi -family driveways.
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3. The unobstructed width shall be as follows:
® a. Five feet (5') on local streets. Four feet is acceptable if wheelchair
turnouts are provided every two hundred (200) feet.
b. Five feet (5') on collector streets.
C. Six feet (6') on arterial streets.
d. Eight feet (8') on combined pedestrian/bicycle use.
e. Ten feet (10') on combined pedestrian/utility vehicle use.
f. As required by the Town Engineer in areas determined by the Town
Engineer to be heavy pedestrian usage areas.
D. Sidewalks shall be developed in the following manner:
1. Sidewalks shall be required to be built on both sides of all arterial and major
collector streets, regardless of their location, zoning or the number of lots on the
street.
2. Sidewalks shall be required to be built on at least one side of all minor collector
® streets in any non-commercial or non -industrial zoning districts, regardless of their
location or the number of lots on the street.
3. Sidewalks shall be required to be built on both sides of any street having
developable lot frontages averaging eighty (80) feet or less, regardless of their
location, zoning or the number of lots on the street.
4. Sidewalks shall be required to be built on at least one side of any street having
developable lot frontages averaging between eighty (80) and one hundred twenty-
five (125) feet, regardless of their location or the number of lots on the street, if
the land on each side of the street is within a single-family residential zoning
district and/or the Open Space Recreational Zoning District.
5. Sidewalks shall be required to be built on at least one side of all connecting
streets.
6. Sidewalks shall not be required to be built on a dead-end street having
developable lot frontages averaging more than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet,
regardless of their location, if there are 24 or less developable lots on the dead-end
street and the land on each side of the street is within a single-family residential
zoning district and/or the Open Space Recreational Zoning District.
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7. Sidewalks to complete existing or planned pedestrian linkages, shall be required
to be built in accordance with an adopted pedestrian sidewalk or trail plan.
8. The Town Council may require the construction of a five (5) foot wide concrete
sidewalk to connect dead-end street bulbs with adjacent streets or other public
property if the two street rights -of -way are less than 250 feet apart. If the average
slope between the two streets is greater than fifteen percent (15%), an eight (8)
foot wide decomposed granite path shall be used in lieu of the concrete sidewalk.
E. The following definitions shall be utilized only as they pertain to Section 312. Sidewalks:
1. Connecting Street: Any street segment located between two street intersections.
2. Dead -End Street: Any street segment located between a street intersection and
a street terminus.
F. Any regulation contained within Section 312. Sidewalks may be waived by the Town
Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Fountain Hills,
Arizona, this 2nd day of November, 1995.
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS:
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R I �Mayor
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Paul L. Nordin, Town Manager
ATTESTED TO:
Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
William E. Farrell, Town Attorney
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